Windows 8 With Games Marketplace Coming In 2012?

According to a deleted blog by Microsoft employees, the next operating system could launch in 2012. The Windows 8 release was leaked by the Netherlands team who posted something about the system on an unofficial windows site.

The site read: “It will take about two years before Windows 8 [is] on the market.”

Microsoft has taken action against the site and it no longer exists, probably for legitimate reasons.

But despite the lack of blog-post, Windows recently announced that Windows Marketplace will launch once again with support for Games. The system is expected on the 15th of November where it will be offer new titles, as well as Xbox and Windows Live support. There will even be a place for Microsoft Points and credit card transactions.

According to Kevin Unangst, Microsoft’s senior global director of PC and mobile gaming, “With Games for Windows Marketplace, we set out to create a digital store built for PC gamers end-to-end,”

“And by integrating with our existing Xbox Live and Windows Live services, we’ve made it easier than ever for millions of gamers to see for themselves how easy buying PC games can be.”

Basically, Windows Marketplace will be the software giant’s take on Steam, and Apple’s Application store. And we’ll probably find this integrated into the upcoming Operating System.